The rise of DevOps has broken down silos and brought database administrators (DBAs) and application developers closer together to deliver software faster and in a more agile manner. This near-constant change driven by DevOps is reflected in the results of the Redgate 2019 State of SQL Server Monitoring Report. It reveals that 73% of organizations […]
Of DevOps, Databases and DBAs
If you’re on a DevOps team looking for additional efficiencies, you are likely to find them in the realm of database management. The arrival of DevOps did nothing to diminish the responsibilities traditionally associated with database administrators (DBAs). Rather, some of those duties have been redistributed across the team—sometimes explicitly, but more often implicitly. For […]
Datical Helps Pull DBAs into Modern DevOps Age
As organizations move to embrace DevOps, some have inadvertently left database administrators (DBAs) behind. As a result, developers increasingly find themselves managing databases, as DBAs can’t keep up with the rate of change introduced by DevOps processes. To help narrow that growing gap between developers and DBAs, Datical created a namesake platform that applies continuous […]
Evolving Data Requirements in Multi-Cloud Environments
By design or by accident, multi-cloud is a reality that most enterprise IT teams have to cope with today. Multi-cloud (or, cross-cloud, as Dell EMC calls it) refers to an IT model where an organization uses services of one or more public cloud service providers, sometimes in addition to using its own data centers. In […]
Shouldn’t DBAs Be Part of the DevOps Inner Circle?
DevOps is changing the culture of IT. This movement is bringing application development and operations teams to the same table and the same time, working to understand and overcome the challenges facing the entire application delivery process—not just their piece. Development and operations teams are forging new bonds and alliances in the spirit of accelerating […]